Hilux 2.5SRX 4x4

[BPK]

Hi
I would like to know what 2.5SRX 4x4 owners think of bakkie its 4x4 capibilities.
Thanks

[truckin]

Toyota Hilux need i say more? :D I dont know about the 2.5 but i have the 2.7 srx and she goes anywhere, If she lacked anything i dont know about it, because she makes up for it offroad

[Johan Kriel]

I just bought one, so can't comment on durability. Fuel usage 9 to 11km/l, depends We have 3 srx's 2x4 on site and they doing fine.
In heavy sand the hi-range seems to be useless, but if you can let the turbo run it might be fine in 1st gear.
The shocks doesn't coupe with cattle spoors in a sand tracks, so better shock is a must off road I would say. For the rest I am satisfied on and off road. The next thing that will go on my bakkie is the rear bumper, already bent in a short down slope.
Haven't load a 1 ton on it yet, thats the next test.

[TheoF]

Het myne nou 2 weke off road lekke en dra 1.5 ton met gemak sleep dan ook nog sleepwa met 1.5t op . Die vorige 2.5 (platte) het klein bietjie ongemaklik gevoel met dieselfde vrag en die injectors het opgepak op 6000km . Die nuwes het, volgens die agente, diamantpunt injectors wat langer sal hou, seker tot net na die waarborg.Bandjies is baie nou(205) ma verder het die hilux my baie beindruk lekke ry.

[TheoF]

sorry 60000km het injectors opgepak

[Johan Kriel]

Bandjies is baie nou(205) ma verder het die hilux my baie beindruk lekke ry.

Ek het daai bandjies by Toy gelos en BGF 245/70 op die std rims gesit. Hulle het vir my R900 per band gekry by Continental

[Traveler]

Dis nou al my tweede SRX. Nommer 1 was enkelkajuit en nommer 2 is dubbelkajuit.

Die 1ste ene het ek gery tot op 98,000km, en die ene is nou op 114,000km.

[OOOOMS]

Hi BP, welkom opdie Forum

Myne het nou 160,000km oppi klok. Geen probleem nie Ek het 'n chip in intercooler laat opsit en nou is die luigeid weg.

Offroad, baie capable en lekker lig op diesel!

[A3hn]

Het in 2005 my 2.5 SRX gekoop. was al in die Richtersveldt, Sani Pass, Baviaans Kloof (en Elands rivier) en Die hel met hom gewees.
Ek sleep ook karavaan met myne en is baie tevrede.
Op die trip Kaap toe sonder om iets te sleep was die diesel verbruik 11.7 km/lt. As ek karavaan sleep is die brandsrof verbruik so 9.3 km/lit.
Injectors is vervang op 70 000 km en dit is al probleem wat ek gehad het.

[LIHANN]

I havent got a 2.5 butt a 3.0 D4D. This is my no. 6 Toyota D/C from a 2.2 - 3.0 D4D. I have done +/- 200000 km on each and towing a 2.2 ton Boat to Moz and back 4 times a year and work beach with it and all.
Work wise all was fine and never gave me one bit of trouble accept my latest 3.0 D4D with 130000 km.
Clutch Master Cylinder packed up.
Aircon Compressor packed up.
Turbow packed up.
TJM Shock broke of and never been on a dirt road accept beach and was fitted for hight only.
Not very reliable for a top of range 4x4.

Regards
FROM A UNHAPPY HILUX FAN
Hannes Duvenage

[mvandyk]

Hi, BPK,
Nog 'n SRX Fan. Myne het nou 104 000 km oppi klok, en sy is puik. Ek het ook 'n cooler en hulle is besig met die chip, Ek geniet die dubbel kajuit meer as my eerste SRX, SC.

Ek kry so 10- 11,5 km /l, ek gebruik tans 235 70 x16 Bridgestone bande op die standaard rims.

OOOMS was daar al 'n SRX dag ?
Groete Phumba

[dalkill]

johan it's interesting you should mention they struglle in the sand.
one of the recent episodes of 'Voetspore' they went playing in the Nam dunes.
They report that the diesels struggled a bit in the sand.
I was quite surprised - I thought the Land cruiser was the king of Nam dunes.

Or is it purely a case of diesels just don't cut it in the sand.
I remeber test driving a 1999 3000D non-turbo before I bought the 2.2.
The owner's wife told me her husband would often complain that he could not play with when they went to Nam.

Both the 2.5 and 3000D appeals to me for the fuel efficiency, but if they no good in the sand, then I'll stick to my petrol engines - besides - like Bennie mentioned before, the maintenance costs on diesels outweigh the savings on fuel costs

[Rampie]

Diesels may struggle inamib sand as they do not have the range of revs (6000+) that the petrols do. So you have to change gears sooner and in sand a gearchange is a stopper. Then again the new diesels with their intercoolers just have so much more torque that it should be a pleasure in the dunes. I've only experienced a normal diesel and a petrol in the sand.

[Family_Dog]

Hello Rampie,

I'm not familiar with that model Hilux in your Avatar... ;)


-F_D

[Johan Kriel]

johan it's interesting you should mention they struglle in the sand.

The 3.0 l have enough torque and Kw for the sand. Only the 2.5 is a bit under power, so is the 4.2d LC, but the 4.2td LC is not bad again. Petrol engines have a longer rev range, so it does better as you change gears less. Thats where the diesel have the disadvantage. If you change gears up the dune you stuck.

[OOOOMS]

OOOMS was daar al 'n SRX dag ?Groete Phumba

Nee, nie so ver ek weet nie?

Vir my is elke dag 'n SRX dag